Meanings
tetric1
comparative more tetric · superlative most tetric
- obsoleteMorose, bitter.
However, the old tetrick Philosophers look'd always with Indignation upon such a Face of Things […].
a. 1716, Thomas Browne, Christian Morals, section 1.261 more example
They are commonly sad and tetric by nature, as Ahab's spirit was because he could not get Naboth's vineyard […]
1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York: New York Review Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 284Synonyms: tetrical
tetric2
comparative more tetric · superlative most tetric
- chemistryDenoting a kind of acid.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveMorose, bitter.
Origin
tetric · adjective
- Latintetricus“stern, severe, gloomy”
- Englishtetric
From Latin tetricus (“stern, severe, gloomy”).
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